Freebie Friday Meg Nielsen Pattern Pack

I would like to announce the winners of the last Freebie Friday. This is for the stack of hand embroidery books and the winner is Andie! I will be in touch with you shortly to tell you how to claim your prize.

For this Friday we have up three Meg Nielsen patterns as seen in the Dec/Jan 2016 issue of Sew News. To enter, tell me what was your first commercial sewing pattern that you remember using. Was it a McCalls, Vogue or maybe you started out with a indie pattern, let me know in the comments section below!

One winner will be announced at the next Freebie Friday!

About Jill

I write for the Sew News and Creative Machine Embroidery blogs. I love sewing, vintage and would love to get a comment from you!

My first pattern was probably a simplicity patter. I was in my early twenties and started making dresses for my toddler daughter. The first was a simple A-line with a loop and button closure. I remember the dress because I didn’t know to prewar my fabric and it didn’t look so good after that first wash.

It was 40 years ago in home economics – I learned to sew a pair of pants – likely a McCalls or Simplicity. My Mom told me later that she thought I would never learn to sew as I could not get a pin to go through the material/pattern. I did learn, and she and I often sewed together.

A Simplicity jumper pattern in a 10th grade home economics class. I learned sew much from my excellent teacher who checked off each step of the instructions as we completed them to insure accuracy. Love that lady!